Palace of Versailles evacuated due to bomb threat

After the Louvre, the Palace of Versailles was forced to close its doors. The famous historic site was evacuated on Saturday October 14 in the afternoon, after a bomb threat, franceinfo learned from a police source. An alarm sounded in the castle rooms during the evacuation, according to a video posted by a visitor on the social network X. Other Internet users broadcast images showing the crowd calmly leaving the enclosure and massing in front of the gates awaiting information on what to do.

This evacuation “concerns the entire castle and estate”, said the castle’s press service, without however confirming the reason. At this time of end of high tourist season, “around 15,000 visitors, mainly French”, frequent this Mecca of French tourism, according to this source.

At midday, in Paris, the Louvre, the largest museum in the world, was evacuated and exceptionally closed “for security reasons”, while France is on “emergency attack” alert the day after an Islamist attack in Arras. The direction “received a written message stating a risk for the museum and its visitors”, according to a spokesperson. The establishment will remain closed all day, “time to carry out the essential checks”she clarified.